University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 11 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; developmental delay; spastic stiffness; and difficulty in walking. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 0 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: squint; fits; poor development; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Handwritten notes and correspondence relating to female patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: congenital hydrocephalus; lack of mental development; and generalised hypertonus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to male patientfromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: paralysis; hydrocephalus; developmental abnormality; Arnold-Chiari syndrome; and thoracic meningo-myelocele. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; vomiting; intracranial pressure; birth injury; attacks of twitching; grand mal attacks; retarded development; and meningitis. Surgical and nosurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; retarded development; and cerebral disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; cerebral damage; and retarded development. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spastic foot deformity; hydrocephalus; retarded intellectual development; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Note and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: lumbosacral myelomeningocele; defective development of spinal cord; paralysis; anaesthesia; hydrocephalus; spina bifida; and lack of sphincter control. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, handwritten notes, charts and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; communicating hydrocephalus; epilepsy; retarded development; paresis; internal strabismus; and speech indistinctness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.